5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts

This article highlights five MacOS command line tools that outperform their graphical user interface counterparts. These tools can significantly boost efficiency for MacOS users. The piece encourages users to consider terminal apps for better productivity.

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If you want to get as efficient as possible in MacOS, maybe it's time to give a few terminal apps a try.

I know what you're thinking: "MacOS is all about user-friendliness and GUI apps." Although that may be true, you'd be remiss if you didn't at least know about some of the terminal apps that are available to the OS.

These terminal apps are lightweight, reliable, and much easier to use than you might think. Sure, you have to type (as opposed to point-and-click), but once you understand how these tools work, you might find them more efficient than their GUI counterparts.

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5 MacOS command line tools I swear by over their GUI counterparts

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